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INVENTOR. LEONA M. LENNEMANN BY f o m ff A ORNEYS FIG? United States Patent SUPPORT Leona M. Lennemann, 2115 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, D.C.

Filed Nov. 6, 1959, Ser. No. 851,351

3 Claims. (Cl. 248-205) This invention relates to a supporting device, particularly to such a device which may be attached to a wall or other surface to support a magnet or magnetizable metal or an article having a magnet or magnetizable metal secured thereto or which readily may be secured to an article to provide such article with a magnet which will adhere to a magnetizable surface or another magnet to cause the article to which the magnet is attached to be supported.

Pot holders, towels, and many other articles today have magnets secured in them so that in order to support such an article it is only necessary to place the part thereof containing the magnet against a magnetizable surface. The magnet adheres to the surface and supports the article. However, it frequently happens that there is not a magnetizable surface at the place where it is desired to support such an article. Accordingly, one aspect of the present invention is to provide a device which carries a magnetizable metal, or a magnet, but preferably both a magnet and a magnetizable metal, and having attaching means so that it may be readily attached to any surface, whether magnetizable or not, at any location where it is desired to support an article having a magnet or a magnetizable metal.

Since not all articles have a magnet secured to them or sewn into their construction, a second aspect of my invention is the provision of a magnet and carrying means therefor, which readily may be sewn or otherwise secured to articles such as pot holders, towels, and the like, and to articles which may be penetrated by needles or a prong.

The invention will be further described in connection with the accompanying drawings which show preferred forms which the invention may take.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a face view of one form of supporting device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a face view of a supporting device embodying a different form of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a face view of a supporting device embodying a still different form of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is a face view of a further embodiment of the invention.

The form of supporting device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is of a type which readily may be secured to any surface whether it be metal, glass, tile, wood, or the like. It comprises a supporting member 1 of steel or other magnetizable metal and which is capable of being attracted to a magnet. The back of the metal member 1 is secured, in any manner, to a backing 2, preferably of heavy paper, such as kraft. In this form of the invention the edges of the paper backing are folded and secured to the marginal edges of the member 1. The back of the paper is partially or wholly covered with an adhesive 3 which may be activated in order to cause the supporting device to adhere to any surface. The adhesive may be of any type. However, if the adhesive is of the pressure-sensitive type, the supporting device after having been secured to a surface readily may be removed and secured to any other surface at some other location.

When the supporting device is adhered to any surface, an article having a magnet embodied therein, or including a magnet as a part thereof, may be supported from the metal member 1 merely by placing the magnet against it. The magnetic attraction between the magnet and the magnetizable metal member will support the article.

If desired, the paper backing may be omitted and the adhesive applied directly to the back of the metal member 1. However, the paper backing performs a useful purpose in that it provides a surface upon which advertising or other matter may be printed. lf folded over the marginal edges of the member 1 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it performs a further purpose as will hereinafter appear.

In order that the supporting device may function in a dual capacity and support articles which do not carry or have a magnet secured thereto, it also is provided with magnet means whereby an article having a steel or other magnetizable metal plate may be supported. To this end a magnet 4 is encased in a section of nylon net 6 or other material which will not materially interfere with its attraction for magnetizable metals and secured to the supporting device in any manner, but preferably by looping a strip of nylon net about the magnet and securing the edge portions thereof beneath the strips of paper which overlap the marginal edges of the front of the magnetizable metal member 1 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The use of a nonmetallic net material for encasing the magnet is preferred since it interferes the least with the magnetic attraction of the magnet for magnetizable metals.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the magnetizable metal member 1' is secured by adhesive 8 to the face of a backing member 2', preferably made of paper. In this instance, the edges of the backing member are not folded over the marginal edges of the member 1' nor is there a magnet attached to the front of the member 1'. The back of the backing member 2' is wholly or partially covered with adhesive 9 so that it readily can be adhered to a surface.

This embodiment of the invention may be secured to any surface and used in the same manner as the embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2 for supporting articles which embody a magnet or have a magnet secured to them.

Where the article to be supported does not carry a magnet, the supporting devices of Figs. 5 to 7 may be used to apply a magnet to the article.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the magnet 10 is encased in nylon net 11 or other material which will not materially interfere with the attraction of the magnet for a magnetizable metal, as by stitching two strips of nylon net together along the line 12 or by folding a single strip of nylon net about the magnet and appropriately sewing the folds together to encase the magnet and prevent its loss.

The supporting device of Figs. 5 and 6 is provided with two pronged fasteners 13 and 13' positioned between the respective ends of the magnet and the adjacent edges of the nylon net encasement. These prongs extend from one side of the nylon net encasement to the other.

When it is desired to secure the supporting device of Figs. 5 and 6 to an article, it is only necessary to straighten the prongs, push them through the article and then flatten them out again to the position shown in the drawing. When the supporting device of these figures is attached to an article, it will support the article from the supporting members 1 and 1 of Figs. 1 and 2, and 3 and 4, respectively, or from any other magnetizable metal surface.

The supporting device of Fig. 7 is the same as that shown in Figs. 5 and 6 except that it does not include the prong fasteners. The magnet 15 in this figure is encased in nylon net 16 or the like either by stitching two strips of the nylon net together along the line 17 or by folding a single strip of the nylon net or the like about the magnet and stitching as indicated.

The supporting device of Fig. 7 may be secured to an article by stitching or in any other appropriate manner. When secured to an article, it will support the article in the same manner as described above with respect to the supporting device of Figs. 5 and 6.

It will, of course, be understood that if desired, prongs l3 and 13' could be removed from the supporting device of Figs. 5 and 6 to provide a supporting device as shown in Fig. 7 to be sewn or otherwise attached to an article.

The supporting device of the present invention serves a threefold purpose. Firstly, it provides a device such as is shown in Figs. 1 to 4, which acts as a receiver to support an article which is either magnetized or carries a magnetizable material. Secondly, it provides means to magnetize articles which are not magnetized so that they can be supported from a steel or magnetizable surface. Thirdly, it provides means whereby a magnet can be secured to an article which is not magnetized without sewing.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction of the supporting device set forth in the appended claims without departing from the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

I claim:

1. A supporting device comprising a magnetizable metal member, sheet material covering the marginal edge portions of the front of the metal member and the back thereof, a magnet secured to the front of the metal member, the securing means for the magnet including a loop of material in which the magnet is held, the ends of the loop being secured beneath the sheet material covering the marginal edge portion of the front of the metal member at one side thereof, and adhesive on the exposed surface of the sheet material covering the back of the magnetizable metal member, whereby the supporting device may beadhered to a surface.

2. A supporting device comprising a magnetizable member, a magnet secured and permanently retained on the front of the magnetizable member and covering only a portion of the magnetizable member, and means for securing the magnetizable member to a surface.

3. A supporting device as defined in claim 2, in which the means for securing the magnetizable member to a surface is adhesive means at the back of the magnetizable member.

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